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The second child said angrily: "Why do you recognize it? Have you seen it? And you know that your brain is not working? What is your identity and what is your official position? You don't talk about royal relatives on weekdays. You want to go to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War to meet someone." No one cares about the help of the little official, how can he even tell if the princess is real or not?"

He said again: "I don't agree. I really went to the capital today. What will I do in the future? When the thief Di came, the Zhao family all ran away, and they took our lives to pay for it. It's fine to survive once or twice. My life is good." If you have to live, you have to suffer a third time, are you stupid?"

Song Jingren had no choice but to learn Zhao Mingzhi's words and deeds during the day, and then said: "The princess said so herself, I would like to believe her again, and besides, there is Pei Yongpei Jiedu from Jingzhao Mansion accompanying him. If we want to investigate, it's not our turn first, and the left and right can't worry about the north..."

The second child was quiet for a while, but still shook his head and said, "Brother, I can trust you, but I can't trust that princess who came out of nowhere, let alone the one named Zhao."

"Your eyes are blind, otherwise why would you follow Qian Weiwu at the beginning, now he leads a group of people to escape, and he died happily, leaving us in a dilemma, what kind of princess are you going to be with this time—— You are willing to gamble with your own life, don’t you take the lives of your brothers seriously?”

Turning to look at the opposite side again, he asked, "Third brother, what do you say?"

The youngest came all the way back, his head and face were sweaty, and when he was called, he took off the outer half of his armor, threw it on the ground, and said in silence for a while, "Second brother, you know that I don't have your brains, and I don't have your brains. As for the elder brother's ability, I will do what you two say."

He said again: "But I just ask, if you don't join the side surnamed Zhao today, who else can you join? What else can you do? Is it really a traitor? I have never had such a dirty lintel in my Luo family. "

"It's the truth that the elder brother said, and it's also the truth that the princess said-Chuzhou is right next to the capital, and now we leave, what will happen at home? All the brothers came from the same place, and they were originally fellow villagers. Fu, look at the brother's loyalty and righteousness for our brothers, so he followed this road. Don't you have any parents, sisters and brothers? No old relatives and friends? Xuzhou is gone, and if the capital is gone, how far is the distance between our hometown? Hurry up I will be able to reach my eldest brother’s house in one day, and I will reach my house after running for half a day, and I will come to your house again after taking a breather…”

When he said this, the second elder brother next to him became more and more unhappy as he heard it, and said calmly: "You are going to follow the elder brother to surrender? What will happen to the lives of the brothers?"

"How can we use the word 'surrender'? We didn't rebel. We just left the team because of the money and martial arts. Now we have to go back by ourselves." The youngest paused, "Besides, I have been outside Looking at it with a cold eye, it was a mess everywhere, but now the Western Army is in charge, all of them are showing off their power, and they are clamoring to go out to clean up the official roads, one is to go north to Xuzhou to send aid, and the other is to escort the princess with a guard of honor..."

When he said this, he stomped his right foot on the ground, took off his boots, shook out the gravel inside, then put on the boots again, and said: "Second brother, I think that princess seems real, she is a woman , and with such an identity, we are going back to the capital, and people from the northwest are coming, we still want to hide in the south, isn't it a bit out of shape..."

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Song Jingren also said: "It may not be true that there will be a day when the final account will be settled, but there will be. What His Highness said is also true. Could it be that everyone is brothers today, but they will not be brothers in the future? If it is forced to that point, isn't Pei Jiedu annoyed... "

"Is your surname Pei? How many people do you have under your command? Then Pei Yong is a majestic military governor, how many people are under his command? One day, he will just retreat to the northwest and still be his local emperor, enjoying his glory and wealth." , do you have a 'Jingzhao Mansion' to go to? Do you have a local emperor who can be you? Do you want to go back to Chuzhou to tear down the yamen and sit in it yourself?"

Song Jingren was silent for a while, and said: "Even so, you can't just watch the thieves go south and kill them all? Maybe the day before I came to Caizhou to settle the score, the thief Di came, but I didn't kill him..."

"It doesn't matter if I can kill or not. If I am a soldier, I will work hard. If I can get some fame and go back, I will be rewarded for it. The big girl and the second girl in the family, my old lady can live, my wife Remarrying in the future will save some face."

The second child came up to greet him, but he took the armor from Song Jingren's body. At this time, he threw the armor on the ground, made a "bang" sound, and cursed: "Your words make me feel bored, and I also call my brothers." Depressed to hear it! If you weren't my big brother, I would call you a coward!" ωωw.oo.
Song Jingren was not angry, but said: "At present, all the brothers are here. I know that my family is not very capable, and I don't have the heart to rebel and be the leader. I was originally a farmer. I was lucky enough to get into the military camp but to eat. If you get some petty officials, everyone will think highly of me, and I will follow along this way..."

Then he said slowly: "I also miss my neighbor's parents in my heart. I followed the north today, and I never thought I could come back alive. If you are willing to go with me, you will go with me again. If you see that the princess is doing something wrong halfway, I will take care of you." Go away, I have nothing to say."

Then he said: "If there is anyone who doesn't want to go with me right now..."

He pointed at the big cage in front of him with the tip of his sword, and said, "The gold and silver inside are just as everyone takes them. They go back to their homes. It's raining, and my mother is going to get married. I won't talk about it."

As he spoke, he raised his head again, narrowed his eyes rarely, and swept over the countless brothers in the camp one by one, saying: "Those who go out from the camp, although they find their own way out, can't fall into the weeds. If you let me know, you will live." Sometimes he will lead the soldiers to kill him with his own hands, even if he dies, even if he is a ghost, he will bite him to death!"

After the words were finished, the camp was very quiet, no one moved or spoke, even the second child was obedient, and only "hummed" from his nose, and after a long time, he said in a low voice: "What are you talking about?" It’s not ashamed to go to the weeds for the offal.”

After an unknown amount of time, a person finally walked out of the crowd and went straight to the cage. When he got close, he wanted to stretch out his hand but didn't dare to do so. I can't fight this fate, it's not that I can't trust you, it's just that I can't trust the Zhao family..."

On the one hand, he tentatively moved a few steps closer, staring at the gold and silver treasures in the cage by the side of the fire, not wanting to move his eyes, and then boldly asked: "The general said that he will not hold grudges, is this not a lie?"

Song Jingren turned the point of the sword away, and said, "You choose."

The man heaved a sigh of relief, rummaged through the cage for half a day, finally found a piece of gold cake, held it in his arms, put the spear under his right armpit, and looked left and right for a long time, seeing no one answering him, and no one following him. As soon as they rushed forward, they felt a little nervous, so they dared to take another look at Song Jingren. Sure enough, he was standing with his sword in hand, his eyes were only looking at the ground and the tip of the sword.

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And the second child was full of displeasure, staring at Song Jingren.

As for the third child, he stepped on his boots on his own, and took off his legs and hanged his armor.

The man didn't dare to stay longer, and he didn't go back to the tent, he was afraid that trouble would happen if he was too late, so he turned his head and walked outside the camp, after walking a few steps, he heard someone behind him shouting: "Stay here."

He was startled, and turned his head to look, it was not Song Jingren who was born, but the second general.

The second child stepped on Song Jingren's armor on the ground, and opened his mouth and said, "You only carry gold and silver, but you can't take away your weapons and clothes."

The man froze for a moment, looked down at the spear he was carrying, and then at the armor on both arms, thinking that maybe he would not go far on the road, and he would meet Di Bing, but there would be no Di Bing, and maybe there would be bandits, even if they were ordinary There are too many refugees, how can they fight alone.

At that time, the gold cake will not be able to protect it, and maybe people's lives will be lost.

He said cheekily: "It's been a year and a few months since I entered the camp. We are all brothers, so I'm the only gun missing..."

"Don't talk nonsense, keep the weapons, you take the money and go!" the second child said angrily.

The man was also annoyed immediately, and looked at Song Jingren cursingly, saying: "It's farting to talk with you! I said to go with me, and I won't take this, and I won't take that, in fact, I won't go!"

Then he turned his head to look at the many soldiers behind him, and said: "Look clearly, this is your General Song! You are so majestic, with this ability, why don't you go to those officials in Caizhou, don't go to that The princess envoys, but instead, she envoys her own brothers!"

Then he thrust the gun into the ground beside him, and shouted: "I don't believe that I'm the only one who doesn't want to sacrifice his life for the Zhao family—I'm not afraid of death, it's just that it's not worth dying like this!"

"Who will come with me and earn a fortune with a real brother!"

He quarreled for a long time, but although no one stood up in the back of the soldiers, they also made a buzzing sound, obviously someone was shaken.

Song Jingren took two steps forward and said: "It's not that I won't tell you to go. The weapons, armor and luggage in the camp are all issued by the imperial court. Which one is not the blood and sweat of the people in all townships and places? It was originally used to kill the enemy. You take it away and ask for it." Where are you going to earn your fortune now? If you want to go to the north to hunt down thieves, then why don't you go, just stay in the camp."

The man snorted and said: "Whoever wants to beat him, I won't beat the Zhao family."

Song Jingren asked again: "Then what are you going to do? Are you going to fall into the grass?"

The man was silent for a moment.

Song Jingren said: "If you want to be a bandit, this place is very close to Chuzhou. You can't say when you will rob your brothers and relatives. Who can tolerate you here?"

As soon as this was said, everyone in the camp became restless.

The man hurriedly said: "Who said I want to be a bandit!"

The second child snorted coldly, and said, "If you don't kill Di thief and don't become a bandit, what else can you do? What kind of family business do you want? Why don't you go back to your hometown to farm?"

The man said: "There are so many states and counties in Dajin, and such a big place, where can we not settle? If the general wants to do big things, I will follow suit. I just don't accept Caizhou, why should we be trampled on like insects and ants! If the general doesn't If you want to do big things, I will do it with the rest of my brothers!"

He shouted again: "Who is willing to come and work with me!"

No one in the camp answered, not even a cough.

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At this moment, the man was already flustered, but he could only bite the bullet and walk to the end, looked at the few people he had agreed with earlier, called them names, and said first: "Old Liu!"

One retreated into the crowd.

The man shouted again: "Da Chen!"

No one cares about him.

Wait for a few more people to call, but they are all quiet and there is no response.

At this time, he didn't know that his previous colleagues had betrayed him, but he could only hang his neck and say: "I'll wait outside the camp to see who wants to come and go with me."

After speaking, I want to leave again.

This time, he didn't even have time to turn around, so the third child stopped him by holding the spear aside, and then tapped the armguard with the gun, saying: "The thing is off."

"You just tell me to go out naked, I'll freeze to death! This is how General Song treats his brothers!" the man scolded.

After finishing speaking, he did not take off his armor, but turned around and pointed at Song Jingren with the tip of his gun, and said, "What, do you still want to silence? You just finished speaking, if you fart, the smell of fart has not disappeared yet. Doesn't that count?"

Song Jingren said: "Let me ask again, are you really dissatisfied with the imperial court and want to rebel?"

The man gripped the spear tightly, raised the tip of the gun with all his strength, and said sinisterly: "The general followed Qian Duzhi to the south, don't you know what he means? He was willing before, and now he is still here with me." Say this? Is this play overdue?"

He opened his mouth and wanted to shout again, but he heard a gust of wind behind him, but his eyes glared, and he jumped forward, unable to stand still, and wanted to turn around, his neck seemed to be rusted, and he turned halfway with difficulty, and saw a A spear stuck in his back.

Although the point of the gun was not enough to pierce the chest, the pain in his entire chest was indescribable, and there was still a fishy sweetness in his throat. He wanted to speak, but when he opened his mouth, he just said "you", and blood rushed to the corner of his mouth out.

The third child who was holding the other end of the gun let go of his hand, and Song Jingren on the opposite side had already squeezed the long sword over, and stabbed the sword into the man's throat, quickly killing him.

Song Jingren's long sword had just pierced through, and while the man on the ground was still half breathed, he explained again, saying: "If you want to rebel wholeheartedly, you are rebelling against the thief. I am a soldier right now. Why don't the officers and soldiers kill the thief and let you run away?" ?”

After stretching out his hand to feel the breath of the man on the ground and confirming that he was dead, he called someone over to pack up the corpse, put the long sword back in its sheath, and raised his head to the people in the camp: "This time it's the same sentence, if you want to go back to your hometown, if You have to find your own way out, as long as you don’t rebel, don’t become a bandit, and just take the money and leave.”

After finishing speaking, he ignored the box of gold and silver placed in the open area of ​​the camp, turned around and went back to the tent.

When he came out again the next morning, there were a lot of things in the cage. I don't know if he was too scared to move or what.

But Song Jingren counted the soldiers, broke out from the camp, and went straight to the station where the princess was located in the north. Along the way, he saw many Northwest troops mighty and mighty, mobilizing troops, pulling the princess's honor guard banner.

And many people just stood by the roadside, seeing the Western Army first, and then the princess's guard of honor, they stopped going south, and some slowly turned behind the guard of honor and turned back to the north.

Before he arrived at the post station, he was greeted by a group of people on the way. The one in front took the princess's letter and asked him to raise a group of soldiers to raise the flag of the imperial army, and followed the princess' car, and headed north with great fanfare.

At that time, there was an endless stream of people and horses on the official road, especially the Northwest Army and the Forbidden Army were all cavalry, their horseshoes trampled the ground, and the snow on the road was completely melted. Thousands of people surrounded the princess guard of honor one after the other, which was really majestic and somewhat Heyday weather.

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